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steads

STEDZ/stɛdz/

2 meanings of steads

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of stead, rare; in their stead is usual even with more than one person.

    When both coaches got sick, their assistants ran practice in their steads.

    The senators could not attend, so they sent aides in their steads.

  2. 2
    verbobsolete
    Third-person singular simple present of stead.

steads is a form of stead

stead, noun: The place, role, or function of a person or thing when another takes it over, usually in the phrase in someone's stead. Full entry

Forms
steadsteads plural
Spelling
stead → steads: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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